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Bowmore1999 release70cl

Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition

£260
7.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

166

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore, bottled in 1999. Based on 166 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £206 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition is £229–£291 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition is down 7.1%, with a 6-month trend of -18.7% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 26) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bowmore
Bottled
1999
Cask number
26
Edition
Hand Filled 30th
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£260

24-month high

£420

24-month low

£206

Estimated value · likely range

£229–£291 ±12%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.7%vs 6 months ago
7.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£200£316£433Aug 19Jun 20May 22Jul 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2602
January 2026£2702
March 2025£2602
November 2024£2602
July 2024£3202
July 2023£2902
May 2023£3202
April 2023£4202
May 2022£4204
April 2022£4202
August 2021£3001
July 2021£3001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition at auction?

Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £420 and a low of £206. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition changed in value over the past year?

Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition is down 7.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition?

Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £260 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition has moved down 7.1%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 166 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £260, 24-month median £260 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Bowmore 1999 Hand Filled Cask #26 30th Edition that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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